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@Mary Louise - The title of this article is extremely misleading and in fact, not correct at all. The vote today had nothing to do with the building being demolished. The Council voted to uphold the appeal filed against the Interim Historic Designation of Sydney Hih. The Interim Historic Designation has been removed from Sydney Hih, that's all that happened today. There was no vote for demolition, and in fact a demolition permit has not even been issued yet. Please choose your headlines more carefully, and why do you never write about all the other important historical aspects of Sydney Hih, rather than just the counter culture history? The most famous surgeon to ever come out of Milwaukee had an experimental medical laboratory in Sydney Hih's basement. He was the first known surgeon to wear protective gloves during surgery. Is this not important to you? Tell the people the truth.

Screen print the name of the building on the bricks and give it to the "preservationists." Or as I call them the people who have piss** away too much of the taxpayers money over a lost cause. I hope they do not find an endangered spider in the building and the Federal Government doesn't get involved!

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